Dedicated tracking of patients with retrievable inferior vena cava filters improves retrieval rates

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 870-874

  Lucas, Donald J ^a   Dunne, James R ^a,b   Rodriguez, Carlos J ^a   Curry, Kathleen M ^a   Elster, Eric ^a,b,c   Vicente, Diego ^a   Malone, Debra L ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FILTER RETRIEVAL; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENA CAVA FILTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENA CAVA FILTERS;

EID: 84864772380     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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